probes::EchoPingHttp(3)

NAME
probes::EchoPingHttp - an echoping(1) probe for SmokePing

OVERVIEW
Measures HTTP roundtrip times (web servers and caches) for SmokePing.

SYNOPSYS
 *** Probes ***
 + EchoPingHttp

 binary = /usr/bin/echoping # mandatory

 *** Targets ***

 probe = EchoPingHttp

 + PROBE_CONF
 url = /
 ignore_cache = yes
 revalidate_data = no
 port = 80 # default value anyway
 timeout = 50 # default is 10s

DESCRIPTION
Supported probe-specific variables: those specified in EchoPing(3pm) documentation.

Supported target-specific variables:

those specified in EchoPing(3pm) documentation
    except fill, size and udp.

url The URL to be requested from the web server or cache. Can be either relative (/...) for web servers or absolute (http://...) for caches.

port
    The TCP port to use. The default is 80.

ignore_cache
    The echoping(1) "-A" option: force the proxy to ignore the cache. Enabled if the value is anything other than 'no' or '0'.

revalidate_data
    The echoping(1) "-a" option: force the proxy to revalidate data with original server. Enabled if the value is anything other than 'no' or '0'.

timeout
    The echoping(1) "-t" option: Number of seconds to wait a reply before giving up. For TCP, this is the maximum number of seconds for the whole connection (setup and data exchange).

AUTHOR
Niko Tyni <ntyni@iki.fi>

SEE ALSO
EchoPing(3pm), EchoPingHttps(3pm)